MediaTek’s newest chipset – the Dimensity 8400 is all set to disrupt the mid-range smartphone segment with its “All Big Core” CPU design. Compared to its predecessor (Dimensity 8300), the latest from MediaTek offers 41 per cent more multi-core performance while consuming around 44 per cent less energy.
Announced at an event in China, MediaTek said that the Dimensity 8400’s architecture is inspired by its latest flagship – the Dimensity 9400, which powers devices like the recently launched Oppo Find X8 Pro.
With the Dimensity 8400, MediaTek seems to have ditched the smaller energy-efficient cores and instead packs eight ARM Cortex-A725 cores that operate at 3.25GHz. The company also seems to have upgraded the onboard graphics, with the new chipset now packing the Mali-G720 GPU, which the company says offers a performance bump of 24 per cent while consuming 42 per cent less power.
The Dimensity 8400 is a mid-range chipset. (Image Source; MediaTek)
MediaTek also says that the new GPU works with its Frame Rate Converter and Adaptive Gaming Technology 3.0, which makes gameplay smoother and optimises performance in real-time. It also packs in the NPU 880, which can handle large language models, making it capable of generating images and text as well as giving context-aware replies. Built on TSMC’s 2nd gen 4nm process, the Dimensity 8400 supports camera sensors up to 320MP and features the Imagiq 1080 14-bit HDR ISP.
The first wave of Dimensity 8400 devices will be hitting the market by the end of the year, with Xiaomi confirming that the Redmi Turbo 4 will be the first phone in the world with the newly launched chipset. Realme is also expected to follow suit and launch a new phone with the chipset, but it remains to be seen if these devices will be exclusive to China.
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